Senior Software Engineer, Platform

About this role

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Platform team and build the foundational infrastructure that powers Gridmatic. Our platform challenges are shaped by the nature of energy markets: forecasts and trading decisions run on tight schedules, battery dispatch commands must execute reliably in real time, and ML models need to train and deploy continuously as new data arrives.

What you'll do:

Design and build our compute platform, creating infrastructure that supports production services, batch jobs, and ML training workloads

Work on real-time systems for operating battery assets, where reliability directly impacts both revenue and grid stability

Establish patterns, tooling, and best practices that help teams across Gridmatic run services reliably

Make architectural decisions that shape how we build software as we grow

What we're looking for:

Significant experience building and operating production infrastructure on a public cloud platform (we run on GCP, but AWS or Azure experience translates well)

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (we run on GKE and it's foundational to our platform)

Proficiency in Python

Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform

Either already know Go or have experience with a similar systems language (C++, Java, Rust) and are excited to work in Python and Go day-to-day

Systems thinking—understanding how components interact, where failures can cascade, and how to build for efficiency, scalability, and resilience

Clear communication, whether writing a design doc, reviewing code, or explaining a complex system to someone new to it

Opinions about how to build reliable infrastructure, informed by experience with what works and what doesn't at scale

Nice to have:

Background in ML infrastructure or training pipelines

Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Flyte, Temporal, Airflow, or similar)

Familiarity with observability tooling (we use Grafana + Google Cloud Monitoring)

Experience with real-time systems

Strong Linux fundamentals

Prior work in domains where latency and reliability have direct business consequences

Taking care of you today:

• Continuing Education Opportunities
• Flexible PTO
• Medical, Dental and Vision plans with competitive employer contributions
• Pre-Tax commuter benefits
• $1500/year non profit donation matching program through Millie
• Home Office Stipend

Protecting your future for you and your family:

• 401K contribution match up to 4%
• Company-paid parental leave
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Stock Option Loan Program

Pay range $209,000—$270,000 USD